Legal
Compliance crackdown
Nearly $7m in ineligible claims cancelled by Pharmacy Programs Administrator, and 46 providers suspended for “serious or repeated non-compliance” Close to 1,000 service providers have been investigated for non-compliance by …
‘We receive tip-offs all the time’: PBS compliance head
Ignoring alerts on early supply, invalid repeats or mismatched patient details could risk triggering an audit, repayment, penalties or worse, warns Department of Health Government agencies, whistleblowers and sophisticated software …
Pharmacy attack highlighted over ‘youth crime crisis’
A pharmacist is “too scared to open his doors” following a ram raid, one politician claims as he says Labor is weak on crime Sam Groth, deputy leader of the …
Overworked pharmacist wanted to ‘please and impress his employer’
A pharmacist has gained insight into his former “naïve and overly trusting approach” which saw him dispense S8s on invalid scripts to “friends of friends” The pharmacist has had his …
‘Men in the community need to control their anger’
A magistrate has told one man that however he may feel about perceived shortcomings in a pharmacy’s medicinal cannabis system, he has to keep a leash on his temper The …
Pharmacist made 101 fraudulent claims
A pharmacist uploaded another woman’s nude images without consent, defrauded back-to-work payment schemes and was caught with drug-manufacturing equipment The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that a pharmacist …
Pharmacist’s ‘serious, flagrant, deliberate, repeated’ behaviour earns reprimand
A Melbourne pharmacist has come out of the ‘rabbit hole’ of Covid conspiracy theories, she has told a tribunal The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard that the pharmacist …
Pharmacist tips off police over fake scripts
A celebrity stylist has been charged with producing fake prescriptions to obtain stimulant drugs, after a pharmacist became suspicious Mainstream media have reported on the arrest and court appearance of …
Human error, alarm fatigue contributed to insulin death
Multiple factors including use of EMRs found in coroner’s case involving a medication administration error that led to a woman’s death A coroner has called for changes to an electronic …
‘He was concerned that his patients would think he was unwell’
The fear of a pharmacist calling out his name in-store was a factor in a psychiatrist’s self-prescribing under another name, a tribunal has heard The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal …
Dog bites man, man sentenced
A Pimpama man has been sentenced for a pharmacy robbery which saw him chased down and caught by a police dog In December 2024, Barclay Christopher McIver smashed the front …
AFP blocks listing of pharmacist’s home
Court moves to stop listing of seven-bedroom house owned by the wife of a pharmacist accused of defrauding the PBS Real estate agents, McGrath West, have delisted the Dural home …